Smallfolk Under Siege: Visions of Medieval Violence

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In the year 940 in North-Eastern France, a young peasant girl began to experience vivid visions that mirrored the brutal conflict engulfing her world. Flothilde's visions were written down by one of the era's most respected historians, creating a unique record of how 'smallfolk' experienced the violent power struggles around them.

Dr. Eleanor Janega is joined by Dr. Fraser McNair, whose translation of the Visions of Flothilde reveals the horror that she experienced as her community was torn apart.

Gone Medieval is presented by Dr. Eleanor Janega and edited by Ella Blaxill. The producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Eleanor Yannaga, and welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the
0:08.3	podcast that delves into the greatest millennium
0:15.0	the greatest the god-spacking details
0:17.0	and the latest groundbreaking research
0:19.2	from the Vikings to the Normans,
0:21.0	from kings to popes to the Crusades, from Kings to Popes, to the Crusades.
0:23.8	We delve into the rebellions, plots, and murders
0:27.4	that tell us who we really were,
0:29.4	and how we got here. The year is 940, the place Leavon in northeastern France.
0:42.1	A storm of violence is striking terror into the region's inhabitants as two rival
0:47.6	candidates for Archbishop battle to take control of its cities and countryside, ravaging crops, and destroying infrastructure.
0:57.0	Caught in the midst of the turmoil, a young peasant girl whose world is being turned upside down
1:05.0	begins to experience vivid and haunting visions of demons.
1:09.9	Cruel, implacable, and utterly terrifying,
1:15.0	that somehow mirror the brutal conflict engulfing her world.
1:20.8	Her name is Fotilled, and her visions are captured in writing by flood art, a distinguished clergyman
1:27.0	and one of the era's most respected historians.
1:31.0	I'm Dr. Eleanor Yannagaaga and in this episode of gone medieval from history hit I'm joined
1:37.1	by Dr Frazier McNair who's a research fellow at Eberhard Kyleitette in Tibingin.
1:43.4	His translation of the visions of Flotilled reveals the horror that a poor young woman experienced
1:48.8	as her community was torn apart by a violent power struggle.
1:55.0	Frisher, welcome to Gone Medieval, first of all.
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